2015年CRI 美国和古巴关系正常化受到两国人民欢迎

 

Ospaldo hasn't been able to see his nephew and niece in the U.S. because of the travel restrictions¹ that have been in place for decades.

With many positive acts being put to restore the relationship between the two countries recently, Ospaldo hopes he can have more opportunities to get in touch with his Cuban family members in the United States.

"Geographically², the United States is only 150 kilometers away from us. And almost every Cuban family has at least one family member over there in the U.S. So we hope we can stay together, and communicate. They should give us an opportunity to see how beautiful the U.S. is."

Monday, the Cuban flag will be raised over its mission in Washington for the first time in 54 years. The U.S. embassy in Havana will also reopen, but no American flag will fly at the U.S. embassy in Havana until U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visits to preside over a ceremony.

Kerry will meet Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, the first Cuban foreign minister to visit Washington in decades.

The two are due to hold discussions covering areas of possible cooperation, such as global health and the Cuban people's expanded "access to telecommunications," as well as points of contention³, including Cuba's human rights record and U.S. fugitives⁴ sheltering on the island.

The developing normalization⁵ began in December and has been accompanied by the easing of U.S. travel restrictions to the island. Preceding the joint⁶ historic announcement in December, Cuban-Americans, Church groups and students gained greater access to Cuba, and U.S. airports were allowed to provide more services to the island.

Omar Everleny, an economist⁷ at the Centre for Economic Studies in Havana, says the uptick creates an opening for Cuban business.

"Cuba has to get ready. I think that we aren't prepared because tourism has mostly been developed outside of the capital. The statistics show that around 18,000 U.S. tourists come and stay in private homes. That creates a challenge; American tourists prefer to stay in hotels".

Cuban President Raul Castro has said Cuba is ready to peacefully coexist with the United States.

Meanwhile, when Obama is using executive powers to poke⁸ holes in trade barriers, Republicans who control Congress have made clear they will not let him entirely⁹ dismantle¹⁰ the embargo¹¹.

For CRI, I'm Niu Honglin.

1 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

2 geographically   

adv.地理学上，在地理上，地理方面

参考例句：

• Geographically, the UK is on the periphery of Europe. 从地理位置上讲，英国处于欧洲边缘。 来自辞典例句
• All these events, however geographically remote, urgently affected Western financial centers. 所有这些事件，无论发生在地理上如何遥远的地方，都对西方金融中心产生紧迫的影响。 来自名作英译部分

3 contention   

n.争论，争辩，论战；论点，主张

参考例句：

• The pay increase is the key point of contention. 加薪是争论的焦点。
• The real bone of contention,as you know,is money.你知道，争论的真正焦点是钱的问题。

4 fugitives   

n.亡命者，逃命者( fugitive的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Three fugitives from the prison are still at large. 三名逃犯仍然未被抓获。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Members of the provisional government were prisoners or fugitives. 临时政府的成员或被捕或逃亡。 来自演讲部分

5 normalization   

n.（normalisation）正常化，标准化

参考例句：

• The visit signalled the normalization of relations between the two countries.这次访问显示两国关系已经正常化。
• He was pleased to the normalization of relationship between the police and the people.他很高兴警方和人民之间关系的正常化。

6 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

7 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

8 poke   

n.刺，戳，袋；vt.拨开，刺，戳；vi.戳，刺，捅，搜索，伸出，行动散慢

参考例句：

• We never thought she would poke her nose into this.想不到她会插上一手。
• Don't poke fun at me.别拿我凑趣儿。

9 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

10 dismantle   

vt.拆开，拆卸；废除，取消

参考例句：

• He asked for immediate help from the United States to dismantle the warheads.他请求美国立即提供援助，拆除这批弹头。
• The mower firmly refused to mow,so I decided to dismantle it.修完后割草机还是纹丝不动，于是，我决定把它拆开。

11 embargo   

n.禁运（令）；vt.对...实行禁运，禁止（通商）

参考例句：

• This country put an oil embargo on an enemy country.该国对敌国实行石油禁运。
• During the war,they laid an embargo on commerce with enemy countries.在战争期间，他们禁止与敌国通商。